Barrett DuPerron
Bio
A place to have a little taste of the image and ideas living in my mind.
Stories (3/0)
Strange Days, Stranger Days Ahead
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. It seemed to be the only thing visible from my camp sight, like a lighthouse illuminating the path to dry land. Only solitude and dense brush have existed since I passed the edge of civilization a few days before. My dinner burned over the fire while I was mesmerized by who it could be. The gyrating flame in the window was taunting and tantalizing. I couldn’t think of anything else, a consuming urge that I couldn’t deny. As I move closer, the moonlight peeks through the forest canopy, subtly revealing my path. The tiny orange glow grew, getting brighter, pushing and pulling me through the woods. As I get closer, the desolate crumbling cabin in the distance comes to life. The darkness of the open door pulsed and urged me to enter.
By Barrett DuPerron2 years ago in Horror
O.W.L.
A professional car sitter, the stakeout extraordinaire. What kind of trouble am I getting into today? Are these famous last words? Like I’m a badass callously running headfirst into danger. Or am I forcing excitement into another tedious, drawn-out, dead-end lead in this stupid investigation? One after another, after another, how’d I get sucked into this? Eventually, I have to have some sort of luck before driving myself completely insane. That’s what I keep telling my editor, but I don’t think she buys it; I’m pretty sure she’s had it, entirely over my bullshit, just waiting for me to fail so she can fire my ass.
By Barrett DuPerron2 years ago in Fiction
Something's Not Right
It’s fall, and the fog has settled in low today. Visibility is so poor. I can’t see more than a few feet in front of me. If I don’t pay attention, I’ll walk right off the edge into the water. The lake is empty, but the water ripples like a busy summer day. All the tourists and summer workers have returned to their everyday lives far away from here.
By Barrett DuPerron2 years ago in Horror
